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Environmental Economics: Management and Policy

Students hoping to make a positive environmental impact on their communities, states, or the world, should consider the Environmental Economics: Management and Policy major, which builds upon the broader base of applied economics. In this major, Âé¶¹´«Ã½ develop an understanding of economics and how to apply these principles to environmental management, decision-making, and policy. This training is needed to work with agencies and organizations that address problems of rural poverty, use of natural resources, and provision of public services to non-urban areas.

Courses in this major include the economics of resource use, planning, public policy, environmental economics, and political science.

Career options with this major:

  • Environmental Economist
  • Sustainability Coordinator
  • Environmental Consultant
  • Environmental Policy Analyst
  • Resource Conservationist
  • Environmental Lawyer
  • Cost Price Analyst
  • Graduate/Law School Student

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